I need to write an apache module and looked around for a quick start on how to get started developing apache modules under ubuntu. I didn’t find anything 1,2,3, so here’s what I came up with:

1. sudo apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev
2. mkdir ~/mod_example && cd ~/mod_example
3. wget -O mod_example.c “http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/tags/2.2.14/modules/experimental/mod_example.c?revision=818301&view=co ( adjust as necessary for your version of httpd )
4. sudo apxs2 -c -i mod_example.c ( this builds and installs the module. )
5. sudo su
6. echo “LoadModule example_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_example.so” > /etc/apache2/mods-available/example.load
7. vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/example.conf Paste the following:

   <Location /example-info>
   SetHandler example-handler
   </Location>
   

8. cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled && ln -s ../mods-available/example.* .
9. service apache2 restart

To test, browse to http://localhost/example-info.

References:

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_example.html
• http://advosys.ca/viewpoints/2006/08/installing-mod_evasive-in-ubuntu/